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The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval engagement in which the escorting warships of a British convoy to Malta frustrated a much more powerful Regia Marina (Italian Navy) squadron. The British convoy was composed of four merchant ships escorted by four light cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser, and 17 destroyers. The Italian force comprised a battleship, two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and eight destroyers.

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  • The Second Battle of Sirte was a naval engagement in which the escorting warships of a British convoy to Malta frustrated a much more powerful Regia Marina (Italian Navy) squadron. The British convoy was composed of four merchant ships escorted by four light cruisers, one anti-aircraft cruiser, and 17 destroyers. The Italian force comprised a battleship, two heavy cruisers, one light cruiser, and eight destroyers.
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  • Second Battle of Sirte
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  • 3 light cruisers damaged
  • 39 killed
  • 6 destroyers damaged
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  • British tactical victory
  • Italian strategic victory
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  • 1 light cruiser
  • 2 heavy cruisers
  • 18 destroyers
  • 4 light cruisers
  • 1 battleship
  • 10 destroyers
  • 1 anti-aircraft cruiser
  • 1 submarine
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